Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

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23 Dec 2024 · 0 min

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Mona Sharma's heart palpitations got worse on an extreme version of the Atkins diet where she ate only protein at every meal and cut out fruit and most vegetables. Dr. James DiNicolantonio explains how the highly acidic diet likely triggered her symptoms.

Guess what diet I was on when my heart palpitations were at their worst?
Low carb.
Atkins diet. I was probably so acidic also, like, literally just protein for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Minimizing fruit. No fruits at all, actually. Just minimal veggies.
When we look at the hormones that happen when you're on a low carb diet, it's very similar to in fasting. It's a stressful situation from the fact that cortisol goes up, which is a stress hormone, and things like noradrenaline and adrenaline also increase as well. And so it seems like to me that a very, very low carb or no carb diet is actually a stressor on the body.